SL Triangular Series Final: Match Facts and Scorecard

Dambulla, Sri Lanka: As expected SL thumped India in the final. The margin shows just 74 runs, yet the match was one-sided from the beginning. It was just a formality to lose the match, after losing the toss.

Facts

1. 16th ODI tournament final between India and Sri Lanka.
2. SL has now won 8, Ind 7 and one was shared.
3. SL won the toss and elected to bat on the batsman friendly pitch.
4. MOM: Dilshan for his century.
5. Man of the Series: Sehwag for being the highest run scorer of the tournament.
6. Most Admirable Player: Sehwag

Scorecard of Final
SL Ing

Jayawardene c Karthik b I Sharma 39
Dilshan c I Sharma b Kumar 110 (115 balls, 12 fours and 1 six)
Tharanga c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 6
Sangakkara*† c RG Sharma b Patel 71 (62 balls, 7 fours and 1 six)
Kapugedera c Karthik b Nehra 12
Mathews c RG Sharma b I Sharma 1
Chamara Silva not out 26
Perera c †Dhoni b Patel 6
Randiv run out (Patel) 4
Kulasekara not out 0
Extras (lb 12, w 12) 24
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs; 237 mins) 299 (5.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-121 (Jayawardene, 20.2 ov), 2-132 (Tharanga, 23.4 ov), 3-217 (Dilshan, 39.5 ov), 4-242 (Kapugedera, 42.3 ov), 5-258 (Mathews, 43.6 ov), 6-261 (Sangakkara, 44.4 ov), 7-294 (Perera, 49.1 ov), 8-298 (Randiv, 49.5 ov)

Bowling

Praveen 10 overs 72/1
Munaf 9 overs 1 maiden 43/2
Nehra 10 overs 60/1
Ishant 8 overs 54/2
Yuraj 8 overs 37/1
Sehwag 5 overs 21/0

Ind Ing (Target 300 runs)

Sehwag run out (Kapugedera) 28
Karthik c †Sangakkara b Malinga 0
Kohli c Mathews b Perera 37
Yuvraj Singh c †Sangakkara b Perera 26
Dhoni*† b Randiv 67 (100 balls, 5 fours and 1 six)
Raina c Dilshan b Randiv 29 (28 balls, 1 four 2 sixes)
Rohit Sharma st †Sangakkara b Randiv 5
Praveen Kumar b Malinga 14 (1 four 1 six)
Ishant Sharma b Perera 0
Nehra c Perera b Mathews 2
Munaf Patel not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 8, nb 4) 17
Total (all out; 46.5 overs; 217 mins) 225 (4.80 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-9 (Karthik, 0.6 ov), 2-38 (Sehwag, 5.6 ov), 3-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.2 ov), 4-109 (Kohli, 21.1 ov), 5-158 (Raina, 30.4 ov), 6-177 (RG Sharma, 34.1 ov), 7-201 (Kumar, 37.6 ov), 8-210 (I Sharma, 41.5 ov), 9-224 (Nehra, 45.5 ov), 10-225 (Dhoni, 46.5 ov)

Bowling

Malinga 9 overs 49/2
Kulasekara 9 overs 47/0
Mathews 10 overs 48/1
Perera 9 overs 2 maidens 36/3
Randiv 9.5 overs 1 maiden 40/3